PEOPLE
Rakesh Gupta shares what it takes to becoming a strategic CFO
The most effective CFOs today are those who add value beyond the traditional Finance activities of accounting and control, and deliver on strategic outcomes. This means having to develop expertise in areas such as technology implementation, the management of new types of risks...
INSIGHT
Ananth Narayan, Associate Professor, Finance, SP Jain Institute of Management & Research
Despite its reasonably good macroeconomic fundamentals, the Indian currency has declined by over 15% since the start of 2018. The drivers, arguably, are mainly global....
Sugata Sircar, CFO and Country Finance Partner, Schneider Electric India
Vivek Gupta, Partner and National Head, M&A/PE Tax at KPMG
CFOs are uniquely positioned to add huge value during an M&A transaction. Everything from target identification to due diligence...
VIEWPOINT
Sanjay Puria looks at how Finance transformation is enabling business transformation
Here is what Jack Ma had to say of Daniel Zhang as he passed on to him the torch of chairmanship of Alibaba, “His analytical mind is unparalleled....
Deepak Naragund argues that instilling the right behaviours is critical, not just at the workplace, but in our daily lives, too
A while ago, I had the opportunity to meet with a senior executive at my company. Over dinner, I posed to him a question on something that has become...
AFTER HOURS
A much-anticipated holiday had left us excited and anxious, all at once. It was the first time that we – that is, our group of six adults – were taking an extensive trip...
ON YOUR MIND
Born with a rare muscular disorder – arthrogryposis – Nipun Malhotra is bound to a wheelchair for life.
Over the last two decades the CFO’s role has evolved from crunching data, into providing strategic insights and really a more wholesome partnership with various aspects of the organisation...